Hi
I usually soak dry chickpeas in a water for 1-2 days and then after that i boil it with water for 1hr. While the water get hoter and hoter, at the top, a white thing appears on the top (like when you mix water with tide detergent for example).
What that white things is called? I want to ask another group if I should remove that white thing while the water is boiling or not but I do not know what is called? Any idea please? Thank you very much.

On Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 8:31:34 PM UTC-7, Userme wrote:
> Hi
> I usually soak dry chickpeas in a water for 1-2 days and then after that i boil it with water for 1hr. While the water get hoter and hoter, at the top, a white thing appears on the top (like when you mix water with tide detergent for example).
> What that white things is called? I want to ask another group if I should remove that white thing while the water is boiling or not but I do not know what is called? Any idea please? Thank you very much.

It's called foam. "Remove" is fine, but you could also say "Should
I skim off the foam?" There are other possibilities.

Your question should read more like, "I usually soak dry chickpeas in
water for 1-2 days and then I boil them in water for 1 hour. While the
water gets hotter, white stuff appears at the top (as when you mix
water with detergent, for example). What is that white stuff called?
I want to ask in another group whether I should remove that white
stuff while the water is boiling, but I do not know what it's called.
Can you tell me, please? Thank you very much."

--
Jerry Friedman

On Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 10:39:19 PM UTC-5, Jerry Friedman wrote:
> On Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 8:31:34 PM UTC-7, Userme wrote:
> > Hi
> > I usually soak dry chickpeas in a water for 1-2 days and then after that i boil it with water for 1hr. While the water get hoter and hoter, at the top, a white thing appears on the top (like when you mix water with tide detergent for example).
> > What that white things is called? I want to ask another group if I should remove that white thing while the water is boiling or not but I do not know what is called? Any idea please? Thank you very much.
> It's called foam. "Remove" is fine, but you could also say "Should
> I skim off the foam?" There are other possibilities.
>
> Your question should read more like, "I usually soak dry chickpeas in
> water for 1-2 days and then I boil them in water for 1 hour. While the
> water gets hotter, white stuff appears at the top (as when you mix
> water with detergent, for example). What is that white stuff called?
> I want to ask in another group whether I should remove that white
> stuff while the water is boiling, but I do not know what it's called.
> Can you tell me, please? Thank you very much."
>
> --
> Jerry Friedman

Thank you very much for the help. I really enjoyed how you re-write my question
and I learnt so much from that. Thanks again.

On Sat, 3 Dec 2022 19:39:15 -0800 (PST), Jerry Friedman
<jerry_friedman@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 8:31:34 PM UTC-7, Userme wrote:
>> Hi
>> I usually soak dry chickpeas in a water for 1-2 days and then after that i boil it with water for 1hr. While the water get hoter and hoter, at the top, a white thing appears on the top (like when you mix water with tide detergent for example).
>> What that white things is called? I want to ask another group if I should remove that white thing while the water is boiling or not but I do not know what is called? Any idea please? Thank you very much.
>
>It's called foam. "Remove" is fine, but you could also say "Should
>I skim off the foam?" There are other possibilities.

AKA "Scum". The foam itself is usually called Aquafaba, and it can be
used in many vegan recipes because it shares a lot of cooking
properties with egg whites.

https://vegfaqs.com/why-do-chickpeas-foam/

>Your question should read more like, "I usually soak dry chickpeas in
>water for 1-2 days and then I boil them in water for 1 hour. While the
>water gets hotter, white stuff appears at the top (as when you mix
>water with detergent, for example). What is that white stuff called?
>I want to ask in another group whether I should remove that white
>stuff while the water is boiling, but I do not know what it's called.
>Can you tell me, please? Thank you very much."

On 04/12/22 14:39, Jerry Friedman wrote:
> On Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 8:31:34 PM UTC-7, Userme wrote:

>> Hi I usually soak dry chickpeas in a water for 1-2 days and then
>> after that i boil it with water for 1hr. While the water get hoter
>> and hoter, at the top, a white thing appears on the top (like when
>> you mix water with tide detergent for example). What that white
>> things is called? I want to ask another group if I should remove
>> that white thing while the water is boiling or not but I do not
>> know what is called? Any idea please? Thank you very much.
>
> It's called foam. "Remove" is fine, but you could also say "Should I
> skim off the foam?" There are other possibilities.

Some people would cal it froth; but the difference between froth and
foam are very small, so it doesn't matter which word you choose.

--
Peter Moylan Newcastle, NSW http://www.pmoylan.org

On 04/12/2022 04:31, Userme wrote:
> Hi
> I usually soak dry chickpeas in a water for 1-2 days and then after that i boil it with water for 1hr. While the water get hoter and hoter, at the top, a white thing appears on the top (like when you mix water with tide detergent for example).
> What that white things is called? I want to ask another group if I should remove that white thing while the water is boiling or not but I do not know what is called? Any idea please? Thank you very much.

"froth" in my vocabulary. And yes, it should be removed, as much as
possible.

On Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 11:04:41 PM UTC-5, Mack A. Damia wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Dec 2022 19:39:15 -0800 (PST), Jerry Friedman
> <jerry_f...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >On Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 8:31:34 PM UTC-7, Userme wrote:
> >> Hi
> >> I usually soak dry chickpeas in a water for 1-2 days and then after that i boil it with water for 1hr. While the water get hoter and hoter, at the top, a white thing appears on the top (like when you mix water with tide detergent for example).
> >> What that white things is called? I want to ask another group if I should remove that white thing while the water is boiling or not but I do not know what is called? Any idea please? Thank you very much.
> >
> >It's called foam. "Remove" is fine, but you could also say "Should
> >I skim off the foam?" There are other possibilities.
>
> AKA "Scum". The foam itself is usually called Aquafaba, and it can be
> used in many vegan recipes because it shares a lot of cooking
> properties with egg whites.

"Scum" is undesirable. If the foam you skim off has uses as you
describe, then you don't want to use a negative word.

The utensil designed for the process is called a "skimmer," in case
Userme wants to get one at Williams-Sonoma.

> https://vegfaqs.com/why-do-chickpeas-foam/
>
> >Your question should read more like, "I usually soak dry chickpeas in
> >water for 1-2 days and then I boil them in water for 1 hour. While the
> >water gets hotter, white stuff appears at the top (as when you mix
> >water with detergent, for example). What is that white stuff called?
> >I want to ask in another group whether I should remove that white
> >stuff while the water is boiling, but I do not know what it's called.
> >Can you tell me, please? Thank you very much."

On 04-Dec-22 14:14, occam wrote:
> On 04/12/2022 04:31, Userme wrote:
>> Hi
>> I usually soak dry chickpeas in a water for 1-2 days and then after that i boil it with water for 1hr. While the water get hoter and hoter, at the top, a white thing appears on the top (like when you mix water with tide detergent for example).
>> What that white things is called? I want to ask another group if I should remove that white thing while the water is boiling or not but I do not know what is called? Any idea please? Thank you very much.
>
> "froth" in my vocabulary. And yes, it should be removed, as much as
> possible.

You could call it "scum", but that sounds less than appetising when
talking about foodstuffs.

--
Sam Plusnet

Den 04.12.2022 kl. 21.09 skrev Sam Plusnet:

> You could call it "scum", but that sounds less than appetising when
> talking about foodstuffs.

In Danish we call it "skum" (foam), but that is neutral.

--
Bertel

On Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 1:09:22 PM UTC-7, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 04-Dec-22 14:14, occam wrote:
> > On 04/12/2022 04:31, Userme wrote:
> >> Hi
> >> I usually soak dry chickpeas in a water for 1-2 days and then after that i boil it with water for 1hr. While the water get hoter and hoter, at the top, a white thing appears on the top (like when you mix water with tide detergent for example).
> >> What that white things is called? I want to ask another group if I should remove that white thing while the water is boiling or not but I do not know what is called? Any idea please? Thank you very much.
> >
> > "froth" in my vocabulary. And yes, it should be removed, as much as
> > possible.

> You could call it "scum", but that sounds less than appetising when
> talking about foodstuffs.

Although some cookbooks tell you to skim off the scum when making
stock.

Etymonline says "skim" is from Old French /escumer/, to remove scum,
and that "skim" and "scum" are related.

--
Jerry Friedman

On Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 8:42:29 PM UTC-5, Jerry Friedman wrote:
> On Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 1:09:22 PM UTC-7, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> > On 04-Dec-22 14:14, occam wrote:
> > > On 04/12/2022 04:31, Userme wrote:

> > >> I usually soak dry chickpeas in a water for 1-2 days and then after that i boil it with water for 1hr. While the water get hoter and hoter, at the top, a white thing appears on the top (like when you mix water with tide detergent for example).
> > >> What that white things is called? I want to ask another group if I should remove that white thing while the water is boiling or not but I do not know what is called? Any idea please? Thank you very much.
> > > "froth" in my vocabulary. And yes, it should be removed, as much as
> > > possible.
> > You could call it "scum", but that sounds less than appetising when
> > talking about foodstuffs.
>
> Although some cookbooks tell you to skim off the scum when making
> stock.

But, unlike what Damia says about chickpea foam, you don't save
the scum skimmed off stock to use somewhere else.

> Etymonline says "skim" is from Old French /escumer/, to remove scum,
> and that "skim" and "scum" are related.

Ain't Indo-European wonderful? swim swam swum -- sheds a whole
new light on scam, no?

On Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 9:04:41 PM UTC-7, Mack A. Damia wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Dec 2022 19:39:15 -0800 (PST), Jerry Friedman
> <jerry_f...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >On Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 8:31:34 PM UTC-7, Userme wrote:
> >> Hi
> >> I usually soak dry chickpeas in a water for 1-2 days and then after that i boil it with water for 1hr. While the water get hoter and hoter, at the top, a white thing appears on the top (like when you mix water with tide detergent for example).
> >> What that white things is called? I want to ask another group if I should remove that white thing while the water is boiling or not but I do not know what is called? Any idea please? Thank you very much.
> >
> >It's called foam. "Remove" is fine, but you could also say "Should
> >I skim off the foam?" There are other possibilities.

> AKA "Scum". The foam itself is usually called Aquafaba, and it can be
> used in many vegan recipes because it shares a lot of cooking
> properties with egg whites.
>
> https://vegfaqs.com/why-do-chickpeas-foam/
....

I'll just mention that aquafaba is more often used to mean the liquid
from cooking beans and such, especially the liquid from cans of
chickpeas, which is used as a substitute for egg whites. I wonder
whether the skimmed foam foams better than the liquid from the
can.

--
Jerry Friedman

On Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 11:38:08 PM UTC-5, Peter Moylan wrote:
> On 04/12/22 14:39, Jerry Friedman wrote:
> > On Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 8:31:34 PM UTC-7, Userme wrote:
>
> >> Hi I usually soak dry chickpeas in a water for 1-2 days and then
> >> after that i boil it with water for 1hr. While the water get hoter
> >> and hoter, at the top, a white thing appears on the top (like when
> >> you mix water with tide detergent for example). What that white
> >> things is called? I want to ask another group if I should remove
> >> that white thing while the water is boiling or not but I do not
> >> know what is called? Any idea please? Thank you very much.
> >
> > It's called foam. "Remove" is fine, but you could also say "Should I
> > skim off the foam?" There are other possibilities.
>
> Some people would cal it froth; but the difference between froth and
> foam are very small, so it doesn't matter which word you choose.

More importantly, mentioning rec.food.cooking would be appreciated.